Amazon Pepper History

The variety that resulted was about to be thrown away when it arrived at our Pepper House, since it did not look anything like what had been previously sold commercially. However, it was not very difficult or take too long to realize (only weeks before the Albuquerque Fiery Food Show where it made its successful debut) that we had on our hands one of the most delicious, aromatic pepper pods with the right heat intensity that the market could offer. And if you agree with us, this is also one of the most important events that has ever occurred in the world pepper industry!

So we proudly present to you our wide range of hot sauces made from our Amazon peppers, carefully grown in the Andes Cauca Valley at the edge of the Amazon Jungle and combined with other delicious tropical ingredients.

Not only do peppers add that essential spark to all kind of foods in their traditional role as a seasoning; they are also famously known as aphrodisiacs as well as a medicinal and digestive food. The bright and intense colors of the wild macaws are some of the characteristics that remind us of the virgin forests of the South American Indians. This fantastic spice, named “ACHU” by the Incas and “CHILLI” by the Aztecs, has traditionally been referred to as “the fruit of passion and eroticism”.

The genera Capsicum species, to which all peppers belong, originated in an extensive area that includes the Amazon River Basin. Not only will you find the greatest concentration of wild pepper species in this region, but it is uniquely here where representatives of all domestic species grow—including the raw material of our sauces: the Amazon Pepper. Taste the magic!